Well, Lost in the Clouds has been out for less than a month, and I just finished the rough draft of my latest manuscript. I gotta say, it’s not that I’m at a loss for things to do, but I feel like I’m floating between ideas; it’s strange not having a must do list. It's so easy when you're in the groove of things, working on a project, whether it editing an old draft or writing a new one, but this in-between period just feels strange.

To make matters worse better stranger, I start my second year of grad school tomorrow. So good luck me finding that valuable free time to figure out what my next plan of action is (ya know besides trying to get a masters degree).

At the moment I'm just putting out a new WIP chapter by chapter, which is nice in the way that Nicorette is nice for someone trying to quit smoking. I still get that buzz from writing every day and meeting a word count goal, but I don't know if it's gonna go anywhere. The premise is cool at the moment, and it's helping me work on my YA writing, but shoot I don't know if it's gonna go anywhere.

It's still too soon for me to even think about editing the manuscript I just completed, so I think I should take this time to edit one of my older manuscripts sitting on the shelf. I have a few to pick from but one that keeps jumping out at me is this coming of age story loosely paying homage to one of my all-time favorite movies Harold and Maude.

Though in my manuscript the protagonist is a high school girl, and bears little resemblance to Harold, she does come into her own and find her self-confidence with the guidance of her new, elderly friend Maude.

Yeah, that seems best. I remember how much fun I had writing that manuscript; maybe it's time to make it pretty.

Speaking of pretty, I wrote this post while listening to Valerie by Amy Winehouse so if you need a music break go listen and it'll make your day better. . . probably.